electricfuture
Well-known member
Is the switch from Net Metering to TOU2 a one-way street? It's great today buying and selling electricity at the same retail TOU rates. But what if 3 months or 3 years from now SDG&E levies an additional $50 a month connection fee, or drops the rate paid for generation to $0.02/kWh? Can we then switch back to Net Metering or will it be closed to us?
SEMPRA/SDG&E already has a request in to the PUC to charge a flat rate of around $60 to everyone saying that it will eliminate the tiered rate schedule. So, as usual, they are one step ahead to insure their record profits continue. The only way out is to go off grid with solar and battery back up, which fortunately looks like it will be reasonably priced in a few years.
Concerning charges on a separate EV meter, BLINK member rates are now $.49 per kWh L2 (instead of the fixed per hour rate) and the same for L1 fast chargers plus about a $6 charge.
SDG&E's recent rate increase brings them to on peak $.39 per kWh. So if you need to top up during the day there is not much difference to do it at the shopping mall than at home.
SDG&E is getting ahead of this threat as well - they are preparing to buy the Blink network to protect their profits.